Please go back and study history - Specifically, the iconoclastic war. RC’s do not believe their statues are gods.

Very much the opposite- They believe that because God became Man, all that images the divine has been redeemed. We have seen God face to Face. Therefore, we can image that love and revere the image of the One it represents.

I put up photos of the ones I love in my hone, because I love them. So too, we can put up loving images of Jesus because He is Lord, Savior and friend.